In the fourth week of embryonic life, the pancreas begins to develop from endodermal structures within the primitive duodenum. The pancreas arises as two separate buds, which subsequently fuse to form a single organ (Fig. 35.1).
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Moo, T.-A., Zarnegar, R., & Brunaud, L. (2009). Pancreas: Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology. In Endocrine Surgery (pp. 459–469). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-881-4_35
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